Links from this page provide a variety of internal and external resources for the construction of effective assessment tools and the effective use of assessment evidence for continuous improvement of academic programs.

 

 

Useful Web Sites on Assessment --

Association of American Colleges and Universities pages on assessment:
http://www.aacu.org/resources/assessment/index.cfm

American Psychological Association Assessment CyberGuide
http://www.apa.org/ed/governance/bea/assessment-cyberguide-v2.pdf

APA Page on Bloom's Taxonomy (revised)
http://www.apa.org/ed/governance/bea/assess.aspx

North Carolina State University
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm

Western Washington University Program Assessment Handbook (PDF file)
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/vpue/assessment/documents/prog_handbook.pdf

 

Assessment of Student Learning and Scientific Reasoning in
STEM Disciplines

Assessment page – Dr. Anton E. Lawson
Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences

This resources includes program-level assessment instruments for biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and general science.
Assessments include an evaluation of scientific reasoning.
The Reference Teaching Observation Protocol is an interesting protocol to structure classroom observation and feedback  to instructors.

All materials are available as PDF files on this site.

Dr. Lawson has published extensively about science education and instructional methods that improve the quality of scientific reasoning.
The assessments page provides easy access to a bibliography of this work. Some is available as a full text PDF file.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~anton1/LawsonAssessments.htm

 

Accrediting Agency Web Sites on Assessment

ABET (Engineering)
http://www.abet.org/assessment.shtml

AACSB (Business)
http://www.aacsb.edu/resources/assessment/

 

Other Useful Resources

The following web sites provide more extended discussions of Bloom’s taxonomy and its use in the development of curriculum assessments.

• Assessment Tip Sheets
• Action Words for Bloom's Taxonomy
• Assessment Planning with Gloria Rogers, Ph.D.
• Authentic Assessment Toolbox
• Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview
• Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project, Longview Community College
• Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
• MCQs and Bloom's Taxonomy
• Virginia Assessment Group

 

Updated 02/15/12 cdw